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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Supporting Nursing Students

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Nursing News - November 30, 2010
Supporting Nursing Students
Supporting Nursing Students (ADVANCE for LPNs)
With the poor economy and few hospitals hiring, it's hard to believe the U.S. will be "substantially short more than 260,000 registered nurses" by 2025, according to a recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation .
Holistic Nursing at End of Life (ADVANCE for LPNs)
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2006, approximately 2,426,264 U.S. residents died.1 Among them, it is estimated 903,953 were pronounced dead at an inpatient hospital or within another medical setting.2 But if it is estimated that nearly half of the number these deaths occur within a hospital milieu and not in the ...
For better health care, look to nurses (North Jersey Media Group)
According to the Gallup Poll, nurses are America's most trusted professionals. TODAY, the National Summit to Advance Health through Nursing launches a nationwide effort to implement recommended changes to assist Americans facing health care reform.
Click to enlarge: Pictured are some of the participants from last week's Trauma Nursing Core Course, which was hosted by Kanabec Hospital and took place in Mora Training is a key component in being able to provide the best in health care, and Kanabec Hospital has made learning even more true-to-life for its emergency and ambulance departments.
UC nursing dean retiring (Northeast Suburban Life)
Andrea Lindell is retiring as dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati.
Nurses unionize at HCA hospitals in Fla. (Nashville Business Journal)
Nurses at two Central Florida hospitals owned by Nashville-based HCA Inc. this month voted to unionize.
A breast milk sharing program launched by a Montreal woman on social networking website Facebook has mothers across Canada sharing their spare milk with other parents in need a ' but pediatricians say the initiative is "very dangerous." Photograph by: Peter Redman, National Post A breast milk sharing program launched by a Montreal woman on social ...
There are 350,000 babies born in Canada each year and the physicians group estimates that seven per cent of these births are premature.
In a first-of-its-kind study to measure the impact of the highest recommended specialist staffing levels in an intensive care unit, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine found that increased staffing by specially trained physicians and other health care professionals can enhance patient survival and enable patients to breathe ...
Nurses from India hired in eastern Nfld. 1:49 PM NT CBC News Eastern Newfoundland has hired 17 nurses from India to address a chronic shortage, even after a large percentage of graduates have agreed to stay in the province.
Kansas City readies nursing workforce
Kansas City readies nursing workforce (Kansas City Nursing News)
As Kansas City navigates through the country's great recession, city leaders in agencies across the metropolitan area are taking steps to prepare the work force for the future.
Karen Barker with her sons, one year old Jamie Lee and Jack born on the 5th November 2010 after she went to the Bunny Hill Walk In Centre complaining of a stomach pain, she had no idea she was pregnant.
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Nursing symposium inaugurated at Qatar Health 2010

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Nursing News - November 29, 2010
Qatar: 2 hours, 8 minutes ago Qatar Health 2010, the premier healthcare congress and exhibition in Qatar, will for the first time be featuring a special healthcare track focusing on Nursing.
The NYU College of Nursing is putting primary health care on wheels with the help of a $2.9 million grant from the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration.
Walnut Whitney Care Center in Carmichael has received a "AA" citation, the most severe penalty under state law, and a $80,000 fine from the State of California after an investigation concluded that inadequate care led to the death of a resident, announced Dr.
While most people in Baristaville were sitting down to a feast of turkey, cranberry sauce and all the fixings, I was dining on berry-flavored barium sulfate with a side of morphine at St.
LI nurses 'ignored' gasp man
LI nurses 'ignored' gasp man (New York Post)
This makes Nurse Ratched look compassionate. A group of nurses at Medford Multicare Center on Long Island allegedly ignored for 24 minutes a warning light and buzzer that indicated the ventilator for quadriplegic Robert Knowles had become dislodged, a lawsuit charges.
Thurston County: Nursing Commission denies application (The Olympian)
In September, the Nursing Commission denied the application of Thurston County registered nurse Sherri A. Boseski, who was convicted of two counts of assault.
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Change on the menu after 22 years of nursing

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Nursing News - November 28, 2010
A NURSE has told how she gave up her job of more than 20 years to set up a cafe business because she "lost heart" in her profession.
The number of job offers from Japanese hospitals and nursing care facilities willing to accept Indonesians and Filipinos as potential nurses and nursing care workers next fiscal year stands at 177, only about half the number of such offers for this fiscal year, it was learned Saturday .
Former Professor Claims Nursing Textbook Contains Racial Stereotypes
Former Professor Claims Nursing Textbook Contains Racial Stereotypes (The Afro American Newspaper)
Originally published November 27, 2010 A former professor at the University of Central Florida recently filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming she was fired for refusing to use a textbook that contained offensive racial stereotypes.
Meghan Hawley (The Index Journal)
Meghan Diane Hawley was born in Fulda, Germany on May 8, 1987 while her father was serving in the U.S. Army.
Recruiting doctors for Haiti cholera crisis not easy (CTV.ca)
Haiti is in desperate need of more doctors and nurses to help it manage a cholera crisis that refuses to loosen its grip.
Alberta Liberals unveil plan to resuscitate ER care
Alberta Liberals unveil plan to resuscitate ER care (National Post)
Alberta's Opposition Liberals announced a seven-point plan Friday they believe will help solve the overcrowding and long wait times plaguing emergency rooms across the province.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Good Sama s new wand detects sponges left behind

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Nursing News - November 27, 2010
But it doesn't cure disease - doesn't even touch the patient. Instead, the staff can keep what may be the most common surgical error from festering into a fatal one, by literally waving a "wand" to make sure every surgical sponge that goes into a patient also comes out.
Most people would say there's nothing lucky about having a heart attack, but for Germain Boer, the time and place was about as lucky as you can get.
Graduates from Flint's St. Joseph School of Nursing celebrate 50 years (Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance)
Carol Hunt poses for a portrait in her Grand Blanc home on Saturday, November 20, 2010.
St. Francis plans $20M medical campus near Greenwood (IBJ.COM)
A hospital is planning to build a new outpatient medical campus with an emergency room in a growing area of south suburban Indianapolis.
Docs weigh in on Duckett debacle (Daily Herald-Tribune)
Some Alberta doctors are offering a cautiously optimistic prognosis amid the uproar over emergency wait times and the firing of Alberta Health Services CEO Stephen Duckett.
East Lancashire heart nursing team scoops top award
East Lancashire heart nursing team scoops top award (Lancashire Telegraph)
A NURSING team which has changed the lives of heart patients have won a national award for its efforts.
Oxford Hospital staff top healthcare 'Oscars' (Bicester Advertiser)
MORE THAN 50 staff at an Oxford Hospital have been given a healthcare a Oscara by their bosses.
Emergency, but 60 per cent of people who call 999 do not go to hospital (Basildon Recorder)
AN ambulance was sent out to care for Phil Barlowa s mother three times in the space of one weekend.
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Private firm to run NHS hospital

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Nursing News - November 26, 2010
Private company Circle is to take over the running of Cambridgeshire's Hinchingbrooke hospital.
Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont has teamed up with a health science school in Oakland to offer students at the private Catholic institution the opportunity to pursue a nursing career.
Warning about sharing breast milk unnecessary: Advocate (Calgary Sun)
Health authorities have raised an alarm over swapping breast milk, but mothers who share it say there's nothing to worry about.
Getting married may also get you a kidney
Getting married may also get you a kidney (Vancouver Sun)
This is not the first study to show that marriage seems to go along with better health.
'Harry Potter' midwife is struck off (Dorsetecho.co.uk)
" who delivered Harry Potter author JK Rowling's children - " has spoken of the injustice she feels at the ruling by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to strike her from the register of midwives for a second time.
Eliza DeLaughter: What It's Like Dealing With Epidermolysis Bullosa (Chattanoogan)
Lucas James was born on Dec. 1, 2006. On that morning, when I was 38 weeks pregnant, I had a very strange feeling that something was wrong with my baby.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Native mom gives birth at high altitudes

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Nursing News - November 25, 2010
Babies don't always come when we plan for them, but one Nunavik newborn showed up at a higher altitude than most over Ungava Bay last week.
Despite a decade of efforts to improve patient safety in hospitals -- initially inspired by a seminal report on the problem from the U.S. Institute of Medicine in 2000 -- harmful errors and accidents are still common, new research suggests.
Opinion: A person-centered approach to nursing homes (North Jersey Media Group)
Emi Kiyota is an environmental gerontologist serving as a consultant to Windsor Healthcare, a short- and long-term care company that owns Buckingham at Norwood Care and Rehabilitation Center, and Llanfair House Care and Rehabilitation Center in Wayne.
Bowen Hammitt's Small Heart Is a Big Inspiration for His Family (KCUB-AM Tucson)
Bowen Matthew Hammitt came into this world on Sept. 9, at 9 pounds, 7 ounces, with a wisp of light brown hair and a heart condition that threatened his survival.
Keep stress off the holiday meal menu, expert advises
Keep stress off the holiday meal menu, expert advises (WIS-TV Columbia)
If you are one of the many people who have high expectations for your holiday gatherings, a few simple steps can help reduce your stress on Thanksgiving.
"We're all one happy family," says hospice nursing assistant (Runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk)
A NURSING assistant at Halton Haven says she finds her job is very rewarding. Jayne Fanning, aged 39, of Murdishaw, Runcorn, has worked at the hospice for 12 years.
Suicide Warnings Have Led To Decreased Use Of Antidepressants In Children (MediLexicon)
An FDA warning regarding increased suicide risk in children and teens taking antidepressant drugs has led to an overall decrease in antidepressant prescribing for young patients, reports a study in the November issue of Medical Care.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

St. Thomas receives $3M nursing program grant

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Nursing News - November 24, 2010
The University of St. Thomas said Tuesday that it has received a $3.25 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support the reopening of its nursing school and its goal of attracting more Hispanic and low-income students.
NURSES have walked off the job in hospitals across New South Wales. Up to 190 hospitals across the state have been forced to scale back their services due to the strikes, which are taking place at different times today.
NHS job losses in Sussex are "putting patient care in jeopardy" (Heathfield Today)
NATIONAL Health Service jobs in Sussex are under threat, according to a report from the Royal College of Nursing.
ASU School Of Nursing Wins Design Award
ASU School Of Nursing Wins Design Award (KPHO-TV Phoenix)
So much for boring, look-alike office buildings downtown. ASU announced Monday the city-owned College of Nursing & Health Innovation Phase II building won the Design-Build Institute of America's National Design-Build Award.
Freeland councilwoman battling cancer (Standard Speaker)
SPEAKER FILE PHOTO Beth Ann Wenner, Freeland, was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer recently.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Nurses at EMMC on strike after lockout

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Nursing News - November 23, 2010
Nurses at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor are on strike. A number of nurses were picketing the hospital on Monday for what is supposed to be a one-day strike.
Many doctors require that women have a pelvic exam before they can get a prescription for birth control pills, despite guidelines saying that the step is unnecessary, a new study finds.
Kardashian baby 'fine' after hospitalization (FOX30Online)
TV personality Kourtney Kardashian arrives to the Comcast Entertainment Group's Summer TCA Cocktail Party on August 6, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California.
2 hrs. ago - Children's Hospital earns top trauma designation (Arkansas Online)
The facility received the maximum four-year designation for top-tier trauma care after a review this month by the state Department of Health.
Cure NHS campaigner reveals mother collapsed on ward (Rutland Today)
A campaigner whose mother died at a scandal-hit NHS hospital in Staffordshire has said the 86-year-old once collapsed on a ward after being left without her oxygen supply.
Nursing association organizes toy drive (Portclintonnewsherald Port Clinton Ne...)
The Owens Community College Findlay-area Campus Student Nursing Association is again working to spread holiday cheer through its sixth annual toy drive benefiting children staying in local hospitals, including Fremont Memorial Hospital.
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Healthcare sector loses steam in California

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Nursing News - November 22, 2010
Healthcare has long been one of the most reliable generators of new jobs in California.
Nurses urged not to strike (AdelaideNow...)
NEW South Wales nurses say they will walk off the job on Wednesday, despite a plea from Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt for them to re-enter negotiations.
Ontario Nurses' Association Launches New 'Value the Invaluable' Campaign in London (CNW Group)
"We know and research has proven that RNs are the best value for the health care system," says ONA President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN.
Teaneck health fair attracts uninsured Koreans
Teaneck health fair attracts uninsured Koreans (NorthJersey)
TEANECK Koreans who have inadequate or no health insurance lined up in hallways and sat in waiting areas Saturday to see doctors who volunteered their time at Holy Name Medical Center.
2nd Annual Snowshoe For Knowledge (The Deerfield Valley News)
Event is free with $100 or more in pledges and $15 with over $50 in pledges. more info: gallery click on thumbnail to view image Get outdoors, get healthy and support a local nonprofit organization at the Snowshoe for Knowledge, sponsored by The Deerfield Valley Health Care Volunteers and benefitting the Scholarship Program.
Trinity Hospice needs your help for Christmas (Sutton Guardian)
BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards is calling on south London residents to help Trinty Hospice.
Hospice 101
Hospice 101 (HometownAnnapolis)
Mary Ann Kendrick rubs Nigel, the family cat, while her husband, Larry Kendrick, a hospice patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, rests in his bed at home in Sherwood Forest.
Coastal Bend Advanced Practice Nurses group forms (The Bee-Picayune, Beeville, Texas)
Coastal Bend area nurse practitioners and nurse midwives met in October to form a new coalition named Coastal Bend Advanced Practice Nurses .
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Coastal Bend Advanced Practice Nurses group forms

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Nursing News - November 21, 2010
Coastal Bend Advanced Practice Nurses group forms (The Bee-Picayune, Beeville, Texas)
Coastal Bend area nurse practitioners and nurse midwives met in October to form a new coalition named Coastal Bend Advanced Practice Nurses .
In any hospital or health care clinic, it's the nurses who work most closely with patients - dispensing medication and providing routine information and comfort.
Horror of hospital with just one doctor
Horror of hospital with just one doctor (Sunday Times)
A psychiatric patient sits motionless, strapped to a wheelchair in a 400- bed hospital with just one full-time doctor and a handful of professional nurses.
Expanding nurses union steps up strikes (The Washington Post)
Picket signs lie outside Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis prior to the 7 am start of a strike Thursday, June 10, 2010 as more than 12,000 nurses were scheduled to hold a one-day strike at 14 hospitals in the Twin Cities metro area.
P.E.I. Nurses' Union upset over job cuts (CBC)
The Prince Edward Island Nurses' Union is questioning a government strategy that involves cutting nursing jobs.
Nurses' union approves contract (Montreal Gazette)
Quebec's largest nurses' union have approved a new contract for its 58,000 members.
Holly Ramey
Holly Ramey (The Union)
Holly DeEtte Jackson Ramey died Nov. 15. She was 47. A service will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov.
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Alberta emergency room strategy hammered out

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Nursing News - November 20, 2010
A patient in a MAU room at the Royal Alexandra Hospital on November 9, 2010. Alberta Health Services has opened a 21-bed MAU at the Robbins Pavillion at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.
Emergency room nursing is one of the fastest-growing medical professions, and the need for emergency room nurses is expected to greatly increase in the near future.
UIC med center to pay $16M patient settlement (WLS)
The University of Illinois has agreed to pay $16.2 million to a Melrose Park man who suffered brain damage while being treated for a stroke at the school's Chicago hospital.
Wingate to offer B.S. in nursing (Charlotte Business Journal)
Wingate University will reinstate a bachelor of science in nursing program by 2012.
80,000 Lotto pot for Langham ward's nurses
80,000 Lotto pot for Langham ward's nurses (Essexcounty Standard)
After 15 years of buying Lotto tickets, a consortium of 24 nurses working on Langham Ward at Colchester General Hospital found success with five balls and the bonus number.
South Central College (Owatonna People's Press)
South Central College A Minnesota Community and Technical College Electronic Health Record Specialist Ability to research, develop, and implement Allied Health electronic health and nursing record system for SCC.
New skilled-nursing facility projected... (Pacific Business News (Honolulu))
A new skilled-nursing facility on grounds next to the Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe is slated to open its doors in January 2014, according to a certificate of need filed earlier this month with the State Health Planning and Development Agency.
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Friday, November 19, 2010

New Program Helps Address Delaware Nursing Shortage

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Nursing News - November 19, 2010
DOVER, Del.- Delaware is facing a nursing shortage. The government estimates the state needs between 13-hundred and three thousand additional nurses.
Sparrow Hospital and the union representing 2,100 nurses and other professionals have agreed to meet today, according to a union spokesman.
A Life in Nursing (Madison Magazine)
Wilma Rohweder was just seventeen years old when polio struck. Her dream was to become a nurse, but when she fell ill, her mother began to worry.
Citizens group pushing for 4-year status for Darton (The Albany Herald)
Darton Collegea TMs new nursing building was unveiled in March. The nursing program is one area being scrutinized while officials discuss the possiblity of creating four-year programs at Darton.
Nurses, Washington Hospital Center return to table (Washington Business Journal)
More than 12 hours after Washington Hospital Center President John Sullivan told employees that nurses will not be going on strike next week, National Nurses United and management finally officially released a joint statement confirming the news.
Inspiring person: Nursing home leader is patient advocate
Inspiring person: Nursing home leader is patient advocate (St. Cloud Times Online)
As the care center administrator of Central Minnesota's largest nursing home, Christine Bakke works on a daily basis to provide the best care possible for each of the 222 residents at St.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

UCF, author defend textbook that prompted lawsuit

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Nursing News - November 18, 2010
In a lawsuit filed Nov. 10, Dr. Nancy Rudner Lugo accused the university of letting her go because she refused to use a textbook that she said "contains antiquated and offensive racial, ethnic and other stereotypes." Former UCF professor Nancy Rudner Lugo's contract was not renewed by the University of Central Florida in 2008.
Nurse practitioner Mary Lou Hendrix examines Stacey Jones, who is 7 1/2 months pregnant.
Nursing, medical students give free foot care to the poor, homeless in Syracuse (The Post-Standard)
Omosede Ighile , a second year medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University, washes and examines the feet of a client.
Aid group trains Swaziland laymen to fight AIDS (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nurses are taking on doctors' roles and community leaders are receiving rudimentary medical training to fight AIDS in Swaziland, a tiny kingdom with the world's highest incidence of HIV, an international medical aid group said Wednesday.
Nursing facility fixes problems (Standard Speaker)
A recent re-inspection of a Hazleton area nursing home by the state Department of Health means the long-term care facility will not have Medicare and Medicaid payments terminated.
Medicare, Medicaid quality plan unveiled
Medicare, Medicaid quality plan unveiled (Advocate Messenger)
The Obama administration on Tuesday announced new initiatives to boost the quality of medical care that Americans receive, laying the foundation for what many experts think could be one of the most far-reaching benefits of the new healthcare law.
Edward Borowski, 90, of Northampton (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
Edward F. Borowski, 90, passed on peacefully on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility in Leeds, surrounded by his loving children and the caring nursing staff of Linda Manor and Hospice.
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